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| - I almost don't want to write this review because I don't want other folks to know my secret, but I love this spot so much, and I wanted to add my 2 cents to some of the negative reviews below. My take? If you want a fancy or luxurious salon, a la the Ten Spot, this is not the place for you. The decor is bare bones and some of the salon chairs, while they work, have leather seats that are wearing thin. However, if you want shellac that lasts for a month, come here. The workers here do the best shellac I've had in Toronto. They also have more colors than any other salon I've been to- three of those display rings while many spots I've checked out just have one, with glitters, new colors all the time, etc, plus a ton of nail gems, designs (which they keep updating) etc. They have a great selection of regular polish as well, including OPI and Essie. I've always seen workers here who are fast and skilled. My gel manicure is always on point and lasts well into a month with no chipping. If you just want a shellac polish change, I think it's just $10. For myself, I've never experienced the bad treatment, cuts, etc that other folks speak of.
Also, in terms of reviewers saying, "the women gossip in Vietnamese!" you talk to your coworkers at your job, so why shouldn't they talk to each other at theirs? Everyone who works there is obviously an immigrant who English is a second language for, of course they're going to talk to each other in their first language. (I'm pretty sure when they learn more English they're going to get a job that doesn't involve scraping people's foot callouses off with a razor.) I actually feel a lot more comfortable when the workers at a salon I go to seem to be having a good time and talking to each other, and this is true here. My experience has been that if you're polite and direct, you are treated well here. Tuesdays there's a $30 manipedi, $15 shellac deal that's great. Also, for what it's worth, I don't see people breaking instruments straight out of the autoclave each time, but I've also never gotten an infection.
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